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Friday, January 8, 2016

New Year, New Writing Goals by Kristin Wallace

It’s
a New Year, which means it is time to make my annual writing goals. When I
started thinking about all the books I “want” to write this year, I began to
sweat. The result now is that I am attempting to write TWO BOOKS AT ONCE. I
don’t know if this experiment will work, but I am giving it a go. I work on one
series in the morning, take a break for lunch, and then switch to the other
series in the afternoon. The good news is…I left my full time copywriter job at
the end of May (which has been a goal of mine for YEARS).

THE GOALS:

Shellwater Key Tales:
Series follows three former childhood friends who return to their hometown and
become involved in rehabilitating an old dinner theatre called The Paradise.

-Finish
novella tie-in to Book 1, Left Turn At Paradise, which came out in June.
Hopefully I can publish by March. This novella is basically much of the story from Book 1, but told through the Point of View of another character.

-Write
Books 2 & 3. Goal is to publish by September and November. Fingers crossed
for that!!!

Heiress Games: This is
my contemporary romance. The premise is an elderly heiress dies and leaves her
fortune to her beloved pet pig, Matilda. Three women who are descendants of the
family are chosen to compete for custody of the pig (and control of the money,
of course.)

I
finished Book 1 and am halfway through Book 2. I need to finish that as well as
Book 3. I am planning to send this one to traditional publishers so I must get
the submission ready ASAP.

Wish List:

-I
have the “sort of” premise for a series based loosely on the Greek Muses, which
I suppose would eventually be 9 books.

-At
some point I need to write a couple new books for my inspirational series,
Covington Falls Chronicles.

-I
also have this wacky, funny paranormal about a spoiled heiress who dies and is
then recruited into the Soul Mate Council, helping people find their One True
Love. It’s completely crazy, but I would love to write those.

Wow…that
is A LOT of books. I posted on Facebook that what I really wanted for Christmas
was second brain and another pair of hands. I was only half kidding. Looks like
it’s time for me to get writing!

I’ll
keep this post and review next year to see how I did…

Kristin
Wallace is the USA Today Best Selling Author of inspirational and contemporary romance,
and women’s fiction filled with “Love, Laughter and a Leap of Faith”. Her
latest release is Finding You At
Christmas, a holiday novella that is part of her Shellwater Key Tales
series. Visit Kristin’s website at: Kristin Wallace Author